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Tornado Warning 18, NWS Green Bay, WI

June 7, 2005Marathon County, Wisconsin

NWS Green Bay, WI issued this tornado warning at Jun 7, 2005, 8:11 PM CDT for Marathon County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 64 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 7, 2005, 8:11 PM CDT (01:11 UTC)
Expired
Jun 7, 2005, 9:15 PM CDT
In force
64 min
Issued by
NWS Green Bay, WI
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Marathon County, WI

The radar

The Green Bay radar (KGRB), 151 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 7, 5:30 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 00:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 152 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Green Bay/Straub, WI at 00:00Z on 2005-06-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1819 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Green Bay/Straub, WI at 00:00Z on 2005-06-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 135 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
1819 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-52 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1256 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
135 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
211 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.7
Supercell composite
2.6

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WFUS53 KGRB 080111
TORGRB
WIC073-080215-
/O.NEW.KGRB.TO.W.0018.050608T0111Z-050608T0215Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
811 PM CDT TUE JUN 7 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREEN BAY HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  MARATHON COUNTY IN CENTRAL WISCONSIN
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF WAUSAU

* UNTIL 915 PM CDT

* AT 806 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO NEAR   
  COLBY...MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  RIB MOUNTAIN AND MOSINEE BY 840 PM...
  WESTON BY 845 PM...
  BEVENT BY 855 PM...

A TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO...
SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. IF NO UNDERGROUND SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...
MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.

THIS TORNADO WARNING REPLACES THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING.

LAT...LON 4506 9033 4488 9039 4470 8925 4507 8925

$$

KURIMSKI
3 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS53 KGRB 080127
SVSGRB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
825 PM CDT TUE JUN 7 2005

WIC073-080215-
/O.CON.KGRB.TO.W.0018.000000T0000Z-050608T0215Z/
MARATHON WI-
825 PM CDT TUE JUN 7 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 915 PM CDT FOR MARATHON
COUNTY...

AT 824 PM...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD AND 
ROTATING WALL CLOUD NEAR ATHENS IN WESTERN MARATHON COUNTY.  THE 
LINE OF STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  MOSINEE...EVERGREEN AND ROTHSCHILD BY 840 PM...
  BEVENT BY 855 PM...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT WEDNESDAY MORNING
FOR NORTHEASTERN WISCONSIN.

LAT...LON 4506 9033 4488 9039 4470 8925 4507 8925

$$

HELMAN
000 
WWUS53 KGRB 080139
SVSGRB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
837 PM CDT TUE JUN 7 2005

WIC073-080215-
/O.CON.KGRB.TO.W.0018.000000T0000Z-050608T0215Z/
MARATHON WI-
837 PM CDT TUE JUN 7 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 915 PM CDT FOR MARATHON
COUNTY...

AT 832 PM...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO.  THIS 
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR ATHENS...OR ABOUT 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF 
WAUSAU...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.  AT 831 PM...TREE LIMBS WERE 
OBSERVED TO BE TOSSED IN THE AIR. 

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  RINGLE BY 845 PM...
  HATLEY AND PIKE LAKE BY 850 PM...
  NORRIE BY 855 PM...

A TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO...
SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. IF NO UNDERGROUND SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...
MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT WEDNESDAY MORNING
FOR NORTHEASTERN WISCONSIN.

LAT...LON 4506 9033 4488 9039 4470 8925 4507 8925

$$

HELMAN
000 
WWUS53 KGRB 080208
SVSGRB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
904 PM CDT TUE JUN 7 2005

WIC073-080215-
/O.CON.KGRB.TO.W.0018.000000T0000Z-050608T0215Z/
MARATHON WI-
904 PM CDT TUE JUN 7 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 915 PM CDT FOR MARATHON
COUNTY...

AT 903 PM...THE MARATHON COUNTY SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT REPORTED 
WIDESPREAD TREES DOWN OVER THE WESTERN HALF OF THE COUNTY. THERE WAS 
A POSSIBLE TORNADO TOUCHDOWN EARLIER NEAR ATHENS...HOWEVER THERE 
HAVE BEEN NO OTHER REPORTS OF TORNADOES SINCE THEN. THE LINE OF 
STORMS WERE MOVING EAST 50 MPH.

EXPECT STORNG WINDS WITH POSSIBLY A TORNADO NEAR...
  RINGLE BY 910 PM...
  HATLEY BY 915 PM...

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS LINE OF STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF 
PRODUCING 60 MPH WINDS.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT WEDNESDAY MORNING
FOR NORTHEASTERN WISCONSIN.

LAT...LON 4506 9033 4488 9039 4470 8925 4507 8925

$$

HELMAN

The office that day

Everything else NWS Green Bay, WI issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 7, 7:10 PM CDTTornado WarningGRBForest50 min
Jun 7, 7:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBLincoln, Oneida59 min
Jun 7, 7:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBWood65 min
Jun 7, 7:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBMarathon63 min
Jun 7, 8:18 PM CDTTornado WarningGRBWood45 min
Jun 7, 8:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBMarinette58 min
Jun 7, 8:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBLanglade, Oconto52 min
Jun 7, 8:43 PM CDTTornado WarningGRBLanglade, Oconto47 min
Jun 7, 9:12 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningGRB2 hr
Jun 7, 9:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBMarinette39 min
Jun 7, 9:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBShawano47 min
Jun 7, 9:45 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningGRBWood4 hr
Jun 7, 10:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBDoor51 min
Jun 7, 10:32 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningGRB88 min
Jun 7, 11:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBBrown27 min

Nearby

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.